ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΗΣ 7
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)Original language
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
World English Bible
1Ἀγαθὸν ὄνομα ὑπὲρ ἔλαιον ἀγαθὸν, καὶ ἡμέρα τοῦ θανάτου ὑπὲρ ἡμέραν γεννήσεως.
1A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
2Ἀγαθὸν πορευθῆναι εἰς οἶκον πένθους ἢ ὅτι πορευθῆναι εἰς οἶκον πότου· καθότι τοῦτο τέλος παντὸς ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ὁ ζῶν δώσει ἀγαθὸν εἰς καρδίαν αὐτοῦ.
2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3Ἀγαθὸν θυμὸς ὑπὲρ γέλωτα, ὅτι ἐν κακίᾳ προσώπου ἀγαθυνθήσεται καρδία.
3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4Καρδία σοφῶν ἐν οἴκῳ πένθους, καὶ καρδία ἀφρόνων ἐν οἴκῳ εὐφροσύνης.
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5Ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἀκοῦσαι ἐπιτίμησιν σοφοῦ ὑπὲρ ἄνδρα ἁκούοντα ᾆσμα ἀφρόνων.
5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6Ὡς φωνὴ ἀκανθῶν ὑπὸ τὸν λέβητα, οὕτως γέλως τῶν ἀφρόνων· καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7Ὅτι ἡ συκοφαντία περιφέρει σοφὸν, καὶ ἀπόλλυσι τὴν καρδίαν εὐγενείας αὐτοῦ.
7Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8Ἀγαθὴ ἐσχάτη λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀγαθὸν μακρόθυμος ὑπὲρ ὑψηλὸν πνεύματι.
8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Μὴ σπεύσῃς ἐν πνεύματί σου τοῦ θυμοῦσθαι, ὅτι θυμὸς ἐν κόλπῳ ἀφρόνων ἀναπαύσεται.
9Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10Μὴ εἴπῃς, τί ἐγένετο, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι αἱ πρότεραι ἦσαν ἀγαθαὶ ὑπὲρ ταύτας; ὅτι οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐπηρώτησας περὶ τούτου.
10Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11Ἀγαθὴ σοφία μετὰ κληρονομίας, καὶ περίσσεια τοῖς θεωροῦσι τὸν ἥλιον.
11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12Ὅτι ἐν σκιᾷ αὐτῆς ἡ σοφία ὡς σκιὰ ἀργυρίου, καὶ περίσσεια γνώσεως τῆς σοφίας ζωοποιήσει τὸν παρʼ αὐτῆς.
12For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13Ἴδε τὰ ποιήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅτι τίς δυνήσεται κοσμῆσαι ὃν ἂν ὁ Θεὸς διαστρέψῃ αὐτόν;
13Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14Ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀγαθωσύνης ζῆθι ἐν ἀγαθῷ, καὶ ἴδε ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακίας· ἴδε, καί γε σὺν τούτῳ συμφώνως τοῦτο ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς περὶ λαλιᾶς, ἵνα μὴ εὕρῃ ἄνθρωπος ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ οὐδέν.
14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
15Σύμπαντα εἶδον ἐν ἡμέραις ματαιότητός μου· ἐστὶ δίκαιος ἀπολλύμενος ἐν δικαίῳ αὐτοῦ, καί ἐστιν ἀσεβὴς μένων ἐν κακίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
15All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16Μὴ γίνου δίκαιος πολὺ, μηδὲ σοφίζου περισσὰ, μή ποτε ἐκπλαγῇς.
16Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17Μὴ ἀσεβήσῃς πολὺ, καὶ μὴ γίνου σκληρὸς, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνῃς ἐν οὐ καιρῷ σου.
17Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18Ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἀντέχεσθαί σε ἐν τούτῳ, καί γε ἀπὸ τούτου μὴ μιάνῃς τὴν χεῖρά σου, ὅτι φοβουμένοις τὸν Θεὸν ἐξελεύσεται τὰ πάντα.
18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
19Ἡ σοφία βοηθήσει τῷ σοφῷ ὑπὲρ δέκα ἐξουσιάζοντας τοὺς ὄντας ἐν τῇ πόλει.
19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20Ὅτι ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔστι δίκαιος ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὃς ποιήσει ἀγαθὸν καὶ οὐχ ἁμαρτήσεται.
20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21Καί γε εἰς πάντας λόγους οὓς λαλήσουσιν ἀσεβεῖς, μὴ θῇς καρδίαν σου, ὅπως μὴ ἀκούσῃς τοῦ δούλου σου καταρωμένου σε.
21Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22Ὅτι πλειστάκις πονηρεύσεταί σε, καὶ καθόδους πολλὰς κακώσει καρδίαν σου, ὅτι ὡς καί γε σὺ κατηράσω ἑτέρους.
22for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν σοφίᾳ· εἶπα, σοφισθήσομαι· καὶ αὕτη ἐμακρύνθη ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.
23All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24Μακρὰν ὑπὲρ ὃ ἦν, καὶ βαθὺ βάθος, τίς εὑρήσει αὐτό;
24That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25Ἐκύκλωσα ἐγὼ καὶ ἡ καρδία μου τοῦ γνῶναι καὶ τοῦ κατασκέψασθαι καὶ τοῦ ζητῆσαι σοφίαν καὶ ψῆφον, καὶ τοῦ γνῶναι ἀσεβοῦς ἀφροσύνην καὶ ὀχληρίαν καὶ περιφοράν.
25I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
26Καὶ εὑρίσκω ἐγὼ αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐρῶ πικρότερον ὑπὲρ θάνατον· σὺν τὴν γυναῖκα ἥτις ἐστι θήρευμα, καὶ σαγῆναι καρδία αὐτῆς, δεσμὸς εἰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς· ἀγαθὸς πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξαιρεθήσεται ἀπʼ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἁμαρτάνων συλληφθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ.
26I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27Ἴδε τοῦτο εὗρον, εἶπεν ὁ Ἐκκλησιαστής· μία τῇ μιᾷ τοῦ εὑρεῖν λογισμὸν,
27“Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28ὃν ἐπεζήτησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον· καὶ ἄνθρωπον ἕνα ἀπὸ χιλίων εὗρον, καὶ γυναῖκα ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐχ εὗρον.
28which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
29Πλὴν ἴδε τοῦτο εὗρον, ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς σὺν τὸν ἄνθρωπον εὐθῆ· καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐζήτησαν λογισμοὺς πολλούς. Τίς οἶδε σοφοὺς, καὶ τίς οἶδε λύσιν ῥήματος;
29Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
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